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3/26/2015 8:26PM

Connecticut Rethinks School Suspensions

Connecticut lawmakers are expected to vote Friday on a bill that would prohibit suspensions or expulsions for students in preschool through the second grade. The issue has sparked a debate in the state. Photo: Michelle McLoughlin

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... I ... my haul ... energetic four year olds and the youngest if anything a sports hall ... he likes to play with toys video games and has three older brothers ... but his mother says his trouble communicating ... and that when you find something that happened to where it's kinda frustrating or aggressive ... Jeremiah behavior has caused problems at school the poll Lawrence Dunbar school in Bridgeport Connecticut ... one day last fall school officials told Ms Aquino ... that her son had become upset after being told that the plane ... he threw toys and blocks damaging that I can see that the season ... Jeremiah was suspended for the rest of the day ... and the next day ... I know that is not fear to these children because their governments lethal growing tampering is not ... capable to understand what suspension this ... the incident occurred during a particular trust period for Jeremiah and his mother he was sent home early from school nearly every day for three months according to Ms Aquino ... can you pick him up he's crying in ... his sleep and I says Stephen Auth is our day ... to find another class of this is suspect and teachers ... aam we can handle him on his own is whining ... Jeremiah is troubles coincided with a statewide rise in suspension rates for children under seven ... runs counter to suspension rates across other age groups ... on Friday the state Legislature's education committee is expected to vote on the Dow prohibiting suspension's Expos it's for students in preschool through the second grade ... the issue has sparked debate between those who say suspensions are an effective and some superintendents who says schools need to be able to remove disruptive and potentially violent students ... typical student behavior can and should be handled effectively in the classroom ... on and teachers and parents in schools should be provided the resources by fifty ... to help everyone deal with the kind of student here's the kids to act out especially very young children right now on ... telling them they own some banking upward this venue is huge ... because ... punishing them doesn't get you anywhere you need to do some other things ... but in the meantime you need to make sure that they are themselves ... they don't hurt others ... and they don't disrupt the educational setting for all ... Francis Repetto as the interim superintendent of prescribe public schools ... declined to comment on Jeremiah specific case but in an interview she said I don't like out of school suspensions for any aisle ... I don't think it accomplices anything ... but frankly we need additional resources for alternative an emergency placements when these children have an issue ... the the the the idea that we hired an attorney who helped to develop a learning plan competition was education ... I ... this year ... to find out what history has worked ... and what we will crack ... and it will work around that ... so we actually came up with and ... that will work for him in it has been working ... today ... since then she has been happier with Jeremiah experience at school ... and calls with school ... stuffs ...